AN MP spoke of his fury last night after a review found a chain of errors led to a fivemonth- old baby’s death at the hands of her father.

Labour MP Kevan Jones joined an outcry from children’s campaigners over the failings that led to Alisha Allen being removed from the at-risk register.

Alisha was taken off the register following her family’s move less than a mile from within one council’s boundary to inside another’s.

With parallels to the now infamous Baby P case, medical staff failed to spot or act on warning signs that Alisha was suffering at the hands of her bullying father Gary Allen, 26, and failing to be protected by her educationally subnormal mother, Claire Morton, 31.

He was jailed for manslaughter for five years, saying a sudden loss of temper caused him to shake Alisha to death.

Morton admitted causing or allowing her baby’s death and received a 12-month sentence, suspended for two years, when the couple were sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court in September.

Mr Jones, whose North Durham constituency covers Alisha’s last home, said he was furious that officials have not been brought to account.

He said: “The real thing that angers me about this case is that this child was known to the authorities – she was on the at-risk register before she was born.”

Mr Jones said a Sunderland social worker argued that the family should not be removed from that register after they moved less than a mile over the boundary, but colleagues in Durham overruled her.

He said: “She should be commended. In any other walk of life, heads would roll, but no one seems to be taking responsibility and that is what is unacceptable.”

A Serious Case Review, like one into the Baby P case and one which will look in the handling of kidnapped girl Shannon Matthews’ family, was launched into children’s services in Sunderland and County Durham.

An inquiry was also launched into health services provided by the City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Trust and Sunderland Primary Care Trust.

Officials in Sunderland considered Alisha at risk before she was even born, but when her parents moved from Penshaw to neighbouring Bournmoor, County Durham, the family were downgraded to “in-need” after a Child Protection Case conference.

When a family GP saw Alisha, no action was taken over a bruise, and a nine-day stay in hospital after she failed to gain weight was not followed up by the authorities.

The review found there was poor assessment, planning and information-sharing by the agencies, which was made worse by gaps in supervision and case management.

Gail Hopper, chairwoman of the Durham Local Safeguarding Children Board, said recommendations would be acted on to improve how cases were managed and transferred between authorities.

She said: “All of the agencies involved are extremely sorry about the death of Alisha and very much regret that Alisha and her family did not receive the level of support they needed.”

Claire Vasey, the cabinet member for children and young people’s services at Durham County Council, said: “This tragedy will always be a matter of deep regret to myself and to those involved.”

Jan van Wagtendonk, the independent chairman of the Sunderland Safeguarding Children Board, also expressed sorrow.