You've missed my point. MPs take more out of the public purse than the 'spongers' that the press are so keen to decry. Most people receiving benefits are in work.
The level was set when homes were still relatively less expensive but has remained the same so that a lot of houses in the south east now fall into this bracket.
I have a cousin with one offspring who will have to pay inheritance tax when they die. It is not even a big house.