Mayor: My London plan can show Tories the way

The London Mayor made clear that his blueprint for dealing with crime, anti-social behaviour and social disadvantage in the capital may be rolled out across Britain if David Cameron wins the next election.

Mr Johnson has already brought fresh dynamism to London with plans to combat youth crime with "respect" schools for children in danger of going off the rails, parenting classes, knife offenders to face automatic jail terms and increased high-visibility policing.

He also acted decisively with his alcohol ban on the Tube and is putting hundreds more uniformed officers on the public transport system to protect passengers.

"Over the next couple of months, I will be setting out some more of the ideas that I have for the general direction of the city, and indeed for what we could be doing in London, that I think would be a good way forward for the country," he told The Times in an interview to mark his 100th day in office, which is next Monday.

"If the Conservatives are going to be coming into power next time around, then let's share ideas and let's work something up together."

Mr Johnson and Mr Cameron hold regular talks but both have previously shied away from suggesting that London is a testing ground for the next Tory administration. But the Mayor now admits that the Tory leader, who on £132,000 a year earns about £5,000 less than him, may want to adopt some of the successful policies being pioneered in the capital to address what Mr Cameron has branded Britain's "broken society".

Mr Johnson said: "They are in the general area of developing a community response to the problems of disadvantaged children going off the rails and wrecking their lives, wrecking their neighbourhood. Basically, it's developing a passionate and pro-active series of measures to tackle youth crime and disaffection generally."

Mr Johnson swiftly axed Ken Livingstone's £25 congestion charge for gas guzzlers and is reviewing the western extension of the C-charge area.

But the first three months of Mr Johnson's mayoralty have had some problems, including the resignation of his deputy mayor Ray Lewis and his chief of staff James McGrath, and he also voiced frustration at the pace of change that he can deliver in the capital on some issues, including ending the use of bendy buses which is expected to take years.

"There are some things you seem to be able to achieve very fast," he said.

"But you know those dreams you get, where you've got lead boots on, and you're dreaming you're running for the try line, and no matter how hard you try your feet just won't seem to move?

"It can be a bit like that with some things that I want to do."

Former mayor Mr Livingstone has accused Mr Johnson of presiding over London's "slow collapse back into barbarism".

Mr Johnson admits that some voters are still puzzled that he was elected to head a staff of more than 800 with an £11 billion budget.

Stressing his passion for the job, he said: "I'm still bathed in the serotonin that you get after something like this. Every day I wake up with a sense of wonderment that I'm Mayor of London.

"Obviously I realise that other people may also feel a little wonderment."