It sounds like West Sussex are preparing to withdraw from the SE Regional Assembly. Leader of the council made a statement on this evening's local news. It would appear West Sussex is not the only council considering this in the region.

Apparently:
SEERA, the South East England Regional Authority, wants West Sussex to provide landfill for 2.6 million tonnes of the capital's waste between now and 2025.
At a county council meeting on Friday an emergency motion put forward by leader Henry Smith stated that it would increase by almost half the amount of waste the county has to get rid of and the proposal for it and other south east councils to take London waste was "clearly against the interests of the authorities, communities and residents".

This has been estimated as 40,000 additional lorry load per year... Now explain again why SEERA is good for the residents of the South-East. It is an unelected quango that nobody (except John Prescott) wants.