Why on earth should we apologise to DC?
Yes this is a good thing - AND it is a move made in response to a concerted media campaign around the time of a general election.
A good, decent politician would have people who would be onto things like this with terrier-like tenacity. That should be a given in the people we elect.
Only a softhead would give someone credit for doing something that should have been on someone's list to do already, and only when it was publicly rammed down his throat and there was no option of ignoring it.
It's a positive thing but it is well within the remit of the job of governing, not some selfless, thoughtful and efficient effort, ffs. This is what politicians SHOULD do, only don't most of the time, because they are mostly twits who need public shaming before they are moved to act.
And hooray to all of those who've pointed out how the people who need help most are likely to lose out over the next few years.