"That doesn’t help anybody.”

Several roads will either be closed or have restricted access when a charity running event returns to Leicester.The Leicester 10K will be held on 2 March, organised by Jane Tomlinson's Run For All, a not-for-profit events company.

Starting in Jubilee Square at 09:00 GMT, runners will head through the city centre towards Victoria Park and through the University of Leicester campus before the route takes them back to the starting point.The affected roads will be closed from as early as 08:15 until 11:30 on 2 March, with parking suspensions in place from 16:00 the day before until 13:00 on the day of the event.Road closures in the area near Jubilee Square will begin at 05:00 on 2 March and run until 13:00.

The event is partnered with charities including LAMP (Leicestershire Action for Mental Health Project), Leicester City in the Community and Leicester Tigers Foundation.The roads affected will include:

Victoria Park Road will be completely open as runners will use the cycle path.

Organisers say all road closures will be lifted as soon as the safety of runners, spectators and visitors can be assured."We need to do better, to support students, education and jobs in the city".

Scottish Conservative education spokesman Miles Briggs MSP described the news as "an absolute hammer blow for staff"."Years of mismanagement at the university and brutal cuts from the SNP government are coming to home to roost and the consequences look set to be devastating," he said.

"SNP ministers are still asleep the wheel as this crisis only continues to escalate at the university and need to act now."Michael Marra, the Labour MSP for North East Scotland, said the job losses would be "devastating" for both the workers and the wider Dundee economy.