Councillor Jason Hughes's Posts
Newport Replacement Local Development Plan.

Newport Replacement Local Development Plan.

In this month’s branch meeting Jason discussed the Newport Replacement Development Plan consultation that is now open.  Future Wales legislation identified this region as a growth area.  The new plan will be about how land in and around Newport should be...

Isca Haven

Isca Haven

Faced with an increasing amount of Caerleon residents facing hardship- Caerleon has done what it does best and come together. Every Wednesday and Saturday 11am-2pm anyone experiencing any issues or none are welcome to come along, have a chat and hot drink and...

Flying Start

Flying Start

November 5th marks six months since the local elections.  We stood on an ambitious manifesto that put the people of our city first - and we set to work straight away, delivering our promises and pledges.  In the run up to November 5th, we’ll share how we’re...

Police

Police

Our Councillors attended this months police surgery in Caerleon on Saturday morning.  We discussed with local residents the concerns that had been raised over the past few weeks including the behaviour of a minority of young people in and around the town...

Caerleon Royal British Legion

Caerleon Royal British Legion

Our Councillors supported the Caerleon RBL branch event at St Cadoc’s this weekend where local residents came to support and watch the magnificent Blaenavon Male Voice Choir perform a fantastic set of classic and modern songs.  The event raised over £1300 towards...

Gwyl Newydd

Gwyl Newydd

Gŵyl Newydd  is a brand new Welsh-language arts and cultural festival that took place for the first time during the week of September 10th - 15th 2018, with the highlight of the week on the Saturday at Malpas Court, Newport. The second festival in 2019 changed venues...

Celebrating the diversity of Newport

Celebrating the diversity of Newport

Newport is a sanctuary city that is home to many cultures & languages with a diverse population that contributes to a brilliance in music, food and culture that we often take for granted.  It leads to a multitude of fantastic festivals and events like...

Where’s Wall-E when you need him!

Where’s Wall-E when you need him!

Two things today made me as angry as I’ve been in a long time but also thankful. Only yesterday evening I met with some board members from Caerleon AFC who are utterly committed to improving the ground and establishing a high level of football in a community facing...

Caerleon Bridge

Caerleon Bridge

Over the last few weeks there’s been a lot of discussion on bridges in Council and locally. For the Council our bridges are expensive to maintain but they are also  iconic and as well as serving a function in our city- they play an important part in attaching...