Newly elected London mayor Boris Johnson is to meet his New York counterpart Michael Bloomberg.

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Mr Bloomberg will then join Conservative leader David Cameron later for a tour of a London school.

Meanwhile, an opinion poll gives the Tories a 26-point nationwide lead over the Labour Party.

Police pledge

Conservative Mr Johnson beat Labour's Ken Livingstone by 140,000 votes in last week's mayoral poll.

During his campaign he promised to bring in "New York-style crime mapping", showing the crime levels in each of the city's neighbourhoods and making local police commanders held to account at monthly public meetings.

Mr Johnson also pledged to provide 50 more British Transport Police officers and 440 extra police support officers

On Thursday, Mr Bloomberg met Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his Irish counterpart Brian Cowen in Belfast for talks on improving investment in Northern Ireland.

An opinion poll for the Sun newspaper suggests 49% of voters are backing the Conservatives, compared with 23% for Labour.

The Conservative score was five points up on last month, while Labour dropped three and the Liberal Democrats remained at 17%.

YouGov sampled 1,571 adults online between 7 and 8 May.

(BBC)

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