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All table headers should define a valid `scope` attribute, which tells assistive technologies
what the header refers to.

For example:

```html
<table>
    <thead>
    <tr>
        <th scope="col">Name</th>
        <th scope="col">Age</th>
    </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
    <tr>
        <td>Bob</td>
        <td>35</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>Sue</td>
        <td>45</td>
    </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>
```

In this example, the `scope` attribute indicates the two `<th>` cells are column 
headers, which allows assistive technologies to read out those headers alongside
each `<td>` cell. 

Without this information, the structure of the table is only apparent to people
who are able to see it.

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Title / URL	Issues
Cookies - Local Government and Social Care Ombudsmanwww.lgo.org.uk/cookies	12
Privacy - Local Government and Social Care Ombudsmanwww.lgo.org.uk/privacy	6
Searchwww.lgo.org.uk/search	6
Copyright - Local Government and Social Care Ombudsmanwww.lgo.org.uk/copyright	6
Accessibility - Local Government and Social Care Ombudsmanwww.lgo.org.uk/accessibility	6
Internal policies - Local Government and Social Care Ombudsmanwww.lgo.org.uk/information-centre/internal-policies	6
Contact us - Local Government and Social Care Ombudsmanwww.lgo.org.uk/contact-us	6
Vacancies - Local Government and Social Care Ombudsmanwww.lgo.org.uk/jobs/vacancies	6
Decisions - Local Government and Social Care Ombudsmanwww.lgo.org.uk/decisions	6
Pay and benefits - Local Government and Social Care Ombudsmanwww.lgo.org.uk/jobs/pay-and-benefits	6

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