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One third of directors and senior managers in social services and education think children's trusts will have no impact on children and young people who only receive universal services, according to research.

One in 10 go further still and predict that the trusts will have a negative impact on this group.

The survey by RSe Consulting and Community Care finds that 90 per cent of the 121 directors and senior managers asked believe that children and family services had moved up their chief executive's agenda in the previous 12 months. Four out of five believe the Children Bill and accompanying policies are "fundamentally sound".

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