Julie
Your working 25 hours a week prevents you claiming any mean tested benefits, if you reduced your hours to
less than 24 hours a week then you might be able to make a claim but I think your income would still prevent payment.
Has your husband been purchasing Class 2 Ni Contributions from his self-employment, if he has and he has 50 weeks of NICs in both the Tax Years 2014-15 and 2015-16 then he may be eligible for Contribution Based ESA which is not affected by your earnings or hours worked.
You can try putting your information into one of the online benefit calculators, they may recommend options that we don't advise on.
www.gov.uk/benefits-calculators Gordon
