Tackling teen killings could take years, warns Mayor

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The Mayor warned that getting the problem under control could take years - but insisted he was throwing himself "wholeheartedly" into the task.

He told his first City Hall press conference: "People continually ask what progress are you making, when are you going to achieve what you're setting out to achieve, and the answer is I'm afraid that I'm not going to be able to tell you.

"All I can say is that it's essential that we make a start and that we throw ourselves wholeheartedly into the struggle. I'm by nature an optimist and think there's a huge amount we can do.

"All I'm saying is that we're not going to transform the situation in one year or two years but I believe we've got the right way forward."

Mr Johnson said the spate of stabbings since he took over as Mayor "sometimes feels like a bad dream" but added that every death made him more determined.