Redundancy and selection pool advice

Apologies in advance as this might be a long and hard to explain post but I really hope for some advice. I returned from mat leave 3 weeks ago to find that my line manager (head of dept) was made redundant before christmas. The department then waited 3 weeks to find out the details of an obvious restructure. The outcome for me is that I am in a pool of two for redundancy. My role (and the other candidate's role) is a team leading role but with a large part project and supplier management and process and strategy planning, our two job titles are much the same. I had a team of 4, 2 of which have also been made redundant. The remaining 2 have been moved into the management of a colleague who has been working on special projects, specifically 1 big technical project which is now ending and has no team leading or project planning/resourcing remit. A few people commented on how it seemed wrong so we asked Hr for an explanation as to why the 2 people would now report into this role. They said it was because this person would lead these team members as well has carrying on with the existing innovation work. We asked for the explanation to be put on paper so that we understand clearly. We eventually got a response saying they hoped our conversation made it clear (it didnt) and if we have further concerns we could speak to them again or talk to our director. They are not keen to document anything I presume. The thing is, whilst we two at risk colleagues are under a process of selection we dont want to rock the boat too much. The director will be making the selection we presume (we havent been told yet). This is a worry for me as Ive been away for 10 months and my line manager who knows my skills best is no longer here. This director has made comments to team members that he saw it as important to keep the skills of the special projects person and hence they would now be under her management. I think the dodgy thing is that we cant see what innovation, or special technical projects are going to be being done by this role - production is being outsourced and she is already busy talking to the team about outsourcing, supplier management and project resourcing. All of these aspects are aspects of our TL roles not her role so I dont understand whyit is our role that is redundant and not hers. I hope this makes sense. I desperately need to keep this job as Im am the sole breadwinner (partner disabled) and so I dont know what to do. Help!

Thanks in advance for any help.

Sorry - the employer is permitted to structure their business in any way they wish, sensible or not. Your points may be valid from a business point of view - but they are entirely irrelevant to whether you are made redundant or not. In relation to redundancy the question is, are there going to be fewer of your roles going forward. If the answer is yes, then there is a redundancy situation.

Thank you very much for responding. This isnt the answer I was hoping for! Is this really true even if they are effectively keeping one of us and having this other person take on all responsibilities within our job description? If I go effectively she will be doing my job under her existing title. Doesnt sound right to me but appreciate it might be allowable.

Thanks in advance

Yes I am afraid it is really true. The work doesn't have to be made redundant - just the positions. If someone else does the work that is ok. Sorry