Riverside communities want year-end reforms (4,3,4)

I believe the answer is:

tyne and wear

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'riverside communities want year-end reforms' is the definition.
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'want year-end reforms' is the wordplay.
'reforms' indicates an anagram.
'want'+'year'+'end'='wantyearend'
'wantyearend' anagrammed gives 'TYNE AND WEAR'.

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(Other definitions for tyne and wear that I've seen before include "NE metropolitan county" , "North-east English metropolitan county since 1974" , "Sunderland's county" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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