The brits are going to regret this

Apple is taking the unprecedented step of removing its highest level data security tool from customers in the UK, after the government demanded access to user data. -- from BBC

The removal of security endangers society's most fragile. It is just a matter of time until other actors will take advantage of the weakness introduced by lowering your security standards. Worse is that removing the advanced data protection from the UK is not a guarantee of anything right now, as the UK requested backdoor access to any account independently of location.

The only real solution is to use the cloud with some kind of double enciphering mechanism, one controlled by the cloud provider (that you can't trust, and another one controlled by you). A pain in the Axxx but a necessity in modern ages.