I am employed by a large organisation as an on-site consultant working out of a client site. When first employed by the company my role sat within a team of onsite consultants who all worked at client sites and we were managed by remote managers, this team still exists and my contract has never been changed or reissued despite the fact that I was then moved to work on a new contract for the company which meant that I then came under a new management team, who have a team of consultants who all work from a central office, and I am the only one working at a client site. I was told at that time that my role would not change and that I would continue to work on a client site.

I have been doing this role on the clients site for almost a year now and all was going well until my manager arrived on site a couple of weeks ago and told me I was to be made redundant and the role would be carried out by a consultant in the central office. I was told this was due to cost cutting and they offered me a couple of other options to consider, neither of which are viable for me. There was no consultation period, however, at that first meeting, I was told that they now had to go down the "official" route and put my job At Risk. The client was also informed at this time that I was being made redundant and that whoever would take over my role would do exactly the same job but would only be onsite perhaps 2 or 3 days a week, and yet the option has not been given to me to work 2 days from the central office and 2 or 3 days on site. None of my colleagues in the central office have been put at risk and there was no mention of any selection critera etc. It was then mentioned at the end of the meeting rather half heartedly that I can keep my job if I move to the central office permanently which is more than 400 miles from my home. If I had taken them up on this offer, they would not surely have then cut any costs?

I received a letter from the HR department in standard format, informing me that the company has been forced to consider redundancy etc etc and that receiving the letter does not mean I am actually redudnant which all seems a bit pointless considering they have already told me that I am and that the decision is made and inviting me to a meeting next week to consider the options, again, which I see as completely pointless. They have even put in writing my expected end date before my consultation but this is " to be confirmed"

My question really is, have they acted unfairly in the process they have used so far, and are they able to make me redundant just because I can't move to another office, despite being employed as an onsite consultant and despite the fact that there will be someone else doing my exact role who has not been put under threat of redundancy at all? The mobility clause in my contract states that I may be asked to work from other offices "within reasonable travelling distance of your home" I need to be able to ask some questions in my meeting next week but want to make sure I have my facts right first....