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By Dave Burke & John Stevens Rishi Sunak has insisted everything is fine despite warnings the UK could be plunged into recession later this week. The PM faces a tricky few days amid concerns inflation could go up on Wednesday, before gloomy economic growth figures are announced on Thursday. These could confirm that the UK entered a recession at the end of last year. But Mr Sunak yesterday claimed the economy “has turned a corner” despite the prospect of a technical recession. Speaking to reporters in Harrogate, the PM acknowledged that recent years had been “undoubtedly difficult”, but added: …