LTNman... have you considered having a chat with either the local press, or one of the national news media ? Perhaps time to publicise this beyond a single thread on a discussion website
Journalists are always looking for a juicy story, and probably have better capacity at digging for more info than you alone. I lived in Croydon until very recently... the likes of BBC were only too happy to splash Croydon council declaring bankruptcy on the BBC news front page
The Guardian would be only too happy to cover a story like this... !