Richard Reeves is a British writer and, since May 2010, Special Adviser to UK Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg.[1] Previously he was director of the London think tank Demos. Reeves has held positions including Director of Futures at The Work Foundation, a British non-profit organisation, Society Editor of The Observer, a UK Sunday newspaper, Economics Correspondent and Washington Correspondent of The Guardian, a UK daily newspaper, Policy adviser to Frank Field when he was Minister for Welfare Reform.
Reeves has published two books, John Stuart Mill: Victorian Firebrand (2007),[2] a biography of the British liberal philosopher and politician, and Happy Mondays (2002) about job satisfaction.[3] He also co-authored The 80 Minute MBA (2009) with John Knell, a condensed business management book.[4]
Reeves appears regularly on radio and television as a political commentator. In 2005, he co-presented the four-part BBC2 series, Making Slough Happy.[5] He writes regularly in British newspapers and magazines[6] on politics, well-being [4], work and character [5].
In summer 2010 Richard Reeves left Demos, joining the office of the Deputy Prime Minister as an Special Advisor.