JEREMY CORBYN was last night accused of backing a militants squatters’ rights group who issued a DIY guide on how to break into homes.

Both the Labour leader and Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell met with pro-squatting campaigners ‘Squash’ in Parliament in 2013.

3 Jeremy Corbyn met with members of a pro-squatting group in Parliament Credit: Getty Images

Their website advises anarchists who to “crack” buildings by disabling burglar alarms, climbing through open windows, changing the locks and how to delay eviction proceedings by not giving their real name.

In one section Squash write “no one is likely to bother if an alarm goes off in London”.

In another they say: “Once in the building make sure to change the locks, secure entrances with barricades and put up updated Section 6 notice up on all entrances which prevents the landlord breaking in illegally.”

3 The squatting group Squash has this advice on its website

At the time of the 2013 meeting, the Labour lefties were opposing legal changes which made squatting in residential properties a criminal offence.

But just last year Jeremy Corbyn personally endorsed a campaign to allow trespassers to receive legal aid. This would include supporting travellers living in unauthorised camps with taxpayers’ cash.

Labour’s manifesto vows to protect gypsies and the “nomadic” way of life.

3 John McDonnell also spoke to the group in 2013 Credit: Getty Images

Speaking last night Home Office Minister Brandon Lewis said: “Jeremy Corbyn wants to give taxpayers’ money to trespassers and give a green light to illegal encampments across England.

“These extreme and nonsensical policies would blight communities, causing misery for their law abiding citizens.

“Worse, Jeremy Corbyn would rip up anti-squatting laws, endorsing militant groups and anarchists who want to break into people’s property when they are away.”

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A Labour spokesman last night said the 2013 act Jeremy Corbyn opposed could have thrown homeless people in prison for squatting in unoccupied residential buildings.

He said: “Labour will ensure people have the support and resources to get into work and build a million new homes to make sure no one is forced to slee on the streets because of the government’s failures.”