The phrase "a much needed step" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to emphasize the importance or necessity of a particular action or decision that has been taken.
Example: "Implementing these new policies is a much needed step towards improving workplace safety."
Alternatives: "an essential measure" or "a necessary action".
A standard framework promotes consistent vulnerability assessment and provides a method for the derivation of new fragility and vulnerability functions - a much needed step in volcanic risk assessment.
The algorithms we have developed will provide a much needed step towards a highly reliable and comprehensive structural variation discovery framework, which, in turn will enable genomics researchers to better understand the variations in the genomes of newly sequenced human individuals including patient genomes.
They take a much needed step past existing server log analyzers.
After laying off 40% of its staff and securing $169 million in emergency funding, SoundCloud's first product push is a much needed step in the right direction.
It will help encourage the development of natural gas vehicles, a much needed step for our beleaguered auto industry.
This departure is a much needed step toward coming to grips with the lethal threat of made-in-America terrorism.
It would be a first, and much needed step, towards letting the sun shine on rural India.
Green growth: The Plan for Growth "did not provide the much needed step change to aid the transition to a low-carbon economy, and in some areas - e.g. the zero carbon homes standard - the Government has taken a backwards step.
CCGs need to take the bold and much needed step of investing long term in alternatives to the clinical model with its heavy reliance on the police to supplement staff shortages.
In comparison to Sainsbury's, the people who make Girl Scout cookies have not taken this much needed step to remove the possibility of their usage of conflict palm oil.
As students, we are willing to assist in a dialogue to identify the much needed steps to meet these challenges, as long as we are certain that the government comes to the table in good faith, with an open mind and a commitment to act.
