The Morning Star is a left-wing British daily newspaper with a focus on social, political and trade union issues, and is both the largest and longest-running socialist newspaper in Britain. Originally founded in 1930 as the "Daily Worker" by the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB), ownership was transferred from the CPGB to an independent readers' co-operative in 1945. The paper was then renamed and reinvented as the "Morning Star" in 1966. The paper describes its editorial stance as in line with "Britain's Road to Socialism", the programme of the Communist Party of Britain.