Peter Stickland

The absent Reform UK Nottinghamshire Councillor living in the USA Serious allegations have emerged about potential visa fraud. Reform UK councillor Daniel Saban (@ds4reformuk), Retford West on Nottinghamshire County Council appears to be living and working in the USA. All whilst taking a councillors allowance of £16,925. He has not attended a council meeting since 9th July 2026. His LinkedIn profile listed him as working full-time for Turner & Townsend in Indiana since December 2025 (yesterday, he closed his profile). He has had three consecutive absences and his membership of the Audit and Governance Committee ended on 26 October. This raises serious questions about whether Saban has relocated to America, whether he is properly declaring his employment interests and how he is fulfilling his responsibilities to Nottinghamshire residents. More seriously, there are emerging allegations concerning potential employment fraud by Saban involving multiple American companies. It is alleged that Saban secured employment with Turner & Townsend, obtained an American work visa and relocation benefits, but subsequently failed to undertake his duties while continuing to receive his salary for approximately five months. The allegations claim he was dismissed in May 2026 but continues to falsely list the company as his current employer. It is further alleged that he subsequently joined Rider Levett Bucknall in Indiana, where similar conduct is suspected. It's also alleged that he worked for a company called Linesight in March and April of this year, while also working for T&T. He was apparently fired after the company found out he was working in the UK, not the US and wasn't actually working on a project. If he was working for T&T on an E2 Visa, this would mean he was committing visa fraud by moonlighting with Linesight. His employers also had no idea about his council role. And the question must be asked of @NottsCC, did they know about his employment in the USA? Are there other employers he's working for without performing the contracted work? It seems Nottinghamshire Council may also be a case of him getting an allowance for work he's not doing. One to investigate @ReformParty_UK's, @LeeAndersonMP_, he's on your patch, and you're Reform UK chair.