article_snippet: Mr Douglas will take over from Mr Gray, who provoked a furore when Mr Douglas charged the taxpayer £23,000 for luxury hotel stays in Mr Douglas first ten months in the job
article_snippet: Mr Gray, a former Labour adviser and businessman who had been appointed to help bring down the military budget, saw Mr Gray, a former Labour adviser and businessman who had been appointed to help bring down the military budget total pay deal rocket to £385,000 last year.
article_snippet: Appointed in December 2010, Mr Gray was in charge of part-privatising the agency which buys all forces’ kit from pots and pans to fighter jets, but all the bidders pulled out.
article_snippet: It was revealed in 2012 that Mr Gray spent £23,000 on 106 overnight stays at hotels in London and Bristol during Mr Gray first ten months even though Mr Gray home was a 60-mile drive from Mr Gray offices in Whitehall and the equipment arm of the MoD in Bristol.
article_snippet: Mr Gray also had access to a taxpayer-funded official car and driver worth £49,000.