High value winners | NS&I

Explore ISAs | Compare Individual Savings Accounts | NS&I

Joint savings accounts | Online joint account | NS&I

How do the new ISA rules affect you? | NS&I

Managing your maturing investments | NS&I

About NS&I | Who We Are | Government Savings Bank | NS&I

Guaranteed returns

Register for our online and phone service | NS&I

Saving skills for life | NS&I

Paper-free statements | Get to know us | NS&I

When specifying accessible names via `aria-labelledby`, ensure that the 
label elements exist.

## Explanation

Accessible names are required for many parts of a page, including form controls.
One way to accomplish this is to use `aria-labelledby` to specify the ID or IDs of 
other elements which contain a label. For example:

```html
<h2 id="dialog-labell">Important message!</h2>
<dialog aria-labelledby="dialog-label">
```

In this example, the `aria-labelledby` for the `<dialog>` points to an ID of `dialog-label`,
which doesn't exist. The heading it refers to instead has an ID of `dialog-labell`, presumably 
a typo.

## Why this matters

It isn't usually clear when an accessible name is broken, even during user testing.

This check helps to identify where an element clearly intended to have a label, but
that label is missing.

When a label is broken, it may be impossible for a user of assistive technologies
to understand what that element does.

missing-aria-labelled-by

January 2026

December 2025

NS&I

	Title / URL	Issues
	High value winners \| NS&Iwww.nsandi.com/prize-checker/winners	3
	Explore ISAs \| Compare Individual Savings Accounts \| NS&Iwww.nsandi.com/isa	1
	Joint savings accounts \| Online joint account \| NS&Iwww.nsandi.com/joint-saving-account	1
	How do the new ISA rules affect you? \| NS&Iwww.nsandi.com/isa-changes	1
	Managing your maturing investments \| NS&Iwww.nsandi.com/get-to-know-us/managing-maturities	1
	About NS&I \| Who We Are \| Government Savings Bank \| NS&Iwww.nsandi.com/get-to-know-us/why-nsandi	1
	Guaranteed returnswww.nsandi.com/guaranteed-returns	1
	Register for our online and phone service \| NS&Iwww.nsandi.com/online-registration	1
	Saving skills for life \| NS&Iwww.nsandi.com/get-to-know-us/saving-skills-life	1
	Paper-free statements \| Get to know us \| NS&Iwww.nsandi.com/get-to-know-us/nsandyou/paper-free	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

NS&I

Where this issue has occurred