TWO-THIRDS of adults have seen their cost-of-living jump over the past month as energy bills soared and price rises filtered down to supermarket shelves, official data revealed today.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) found that 66 per cent of adults saw their cost of living increase.

Its report also showed the impact of the omicron variant on businesses last month, with the highest proportion of firms reporting falling monthly turnovers since the height of the first lockdown in April 2020.