Treasury reorganization and the charter objection

Could a government break up the Treasury despite civil-service independence and its charter?

The reply argues that government can reorganize departments and could transfer functions outside the Treasury's charter elsewhere while retaining its chartered core.

Civil-service independence is distinguished from the government's power to decide which departments exist. A panel objection then suggests that a royal charter protects the Treasury's position. The reply argues that the Treasury evolved beyond the functions covered by its charter. Under that interpretation, a government could leave a chartered core in place while transferring later functions to other departments.