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It is a fact that homelessness has continued to rise. It doubled under the previous Administration, but that does not help us. The Government intend … - John Prescott
" "It is a fact that homelessness has continued to rise. It doubled under the previous Administration, but that does not help us. The Government intend to reduce — and probably eliminate — the homeless by 2008. [Interruption.] I am sorry, but the House knows that I have problems with English. I did not go to public school, so there is a limit to what I am able to say. Opposition Members can be such twits. We believe that we can eliminate the problem of homelessness by providing more resources, which is precisely what we are doing.
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The Right Honourable John Leslie Prescott (31 May 1938 – 20 November 2024) was a British Labour Party politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and First Secretary of State from 1997 to 2007. He is notable for being a northern-accented Cabinet minister of working class origins and is well known for the mangled syntax that he often employed while speaking.
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John Leslie Prescott, Baron Prescott
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Baron Prescott of Kingston upon Hull in the County of East Yorkshire
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