In 1912 the Labour MP George Lansbury had been one of the most important figures in the creation of the Daily Herald. Lansbury was unhappy with the way the newspaper became less radical after being taken over by the Labour Party and the TUC and so in 1925 he started another left-wing newspaper, the Lansbury's Labour Weekly. The newspaper rapidly reached a circulation of 172,000 and provided an important source of news during the 1926 General Strike. The newspaper lost a considerable amount of money and in 1927 Lansbury was forced to cease publication.