Backing Bedford businesses with 4 hours free parking trial | Bedford Borough Council

Bedford Borough Council responds to proposals to withdraw Day Travelcards | Bedford Borough Council

New walking tours launched in Bedford for 2023 | Bedford Borough Council

Have your say | Bedford Borough Council

New sports courses for adults over 35 years old in Bedford Borough | Bedford Borough Council

Council Tax | Bedford Borough Council

Homepage | Bedford Borough Council

First time visit: View without clicking anything

News | Bedford Borough Council

Gypsies and Travellers | Bedford Borough Council

People using screen readers are not able to see the layout of a form. To make forms
accessible, they must define explicit text labels for each form control. 

Usually the best solution is to use a `<label>` element. The label may be linked to 
by the form control:

```html
<label for="name">Full name</label>
<input type="name" id="name">
```

or the `<label>` can be wrapped around the form control:

```html
<label>
    Full name <input type="name">
</label>
```

Buttons are different, as their labels are specified by the code for the button, e.g.

```html
<input type="submit" value="Send message">
<button>Send message</button>
```

Alternatively ARIA attributes, such as `aria-label` may be used, but this information
will not be conveyed to visual users. For more information, see [W3C's guide to labeling controls](https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/forms/labels/).

Hidden input fields (`<input type="hidden">`) do not require labels.
Note that the `placeholder` attribute 
[should not be used as an alternative to a label](https://www.w3.org/TR/html/sec-forms.html#the-placeholder-attribute),
nor should the `title` attribute.

## Custom roles

Note that this check considers the underlying accessible role of an element, which can be 
different from the tag itself.

For example, this `<div>` has a `role` of `button`, and so is expected to have a label, like
a button would.

```html
<div role="button"></div>
```

form-control-labels

February 2025

January 2025

Bedford Borough Council

Title / URL	Issues
Backing Bedford businesses with 4 hours free parking trial \| Bedford Borough Councilwww.bedford.gov.uk/FourHoursFreeParking	1
Bedford Borough Council responds to proposals to withdraw Day Travelcards \| Bedford Borough Councilwww.bedford.gov.uk/TfLProposal	1
New walking tours launched in Bedford for 2023 \| Bedford Borough Councilwww.bedford.gov.uk/GuidedWalksOfBedford	1
Have your say \| Bedford Borough Councilwww.bedford.gov.uk/your-council/have-your-say	1
New sports courses for adults over 35 years old in Bedford Borough \| Bedford Borough Councilwww.bedford.gov.uk/ActiveAdultsSportsCourses	1
Council Tax \| Bedford Borough Councilwww.bedford.gov.uk/council-tax	1
Homepage \| Bedford Borough Councilwww.bedford.gov.uk/	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.bedford.gov.uk/	1
News \| Bedford Borough Councilwww.bedford.gov.uk/news?page=13	1
Gypsies and Travellers \| Bedford Borough Councilwww.bedford.gov.uk/housing/gypsies-and-travellers	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Bedford Borough Council

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