Tempest | Team Tempest | Royal Air Force

Atlas C.1 (A400M) | Royal Air Force

Chinook | Royal Air Force

Typhoon FGR4 | Royal Air Force

F-35B Lightning | Royal Air Force

Red Arrows | Royal Air Force

Battle of Britain Memorial Flight | Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force Air Cadets | Royal Air Force Air Cadets

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

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	Title / URL	Issues
	Tempest \| Team Tempest \| Royal Air Forcewww.raf.mod.uk/what-we-do/team-tempest/tempest/	5
	Atlas C.1 (A400M) \| Royal Air Forcewww.raf.mod.uk/aircraft/current-aircraft/atlas-c1-a400m/	2
	Chinook \| Royal Air Forcewww.raf.mod.uk/aircraft/current-aircraft/chinook1/	2
	Typhoon FGR4 \| Royal Air Forcewww.raf.mod.uk/aircraft/current-aircraft/typhoon-fgr41/	2
	F-35B Lightning \| Royal Air Forcewww.raf.mod.uk/aircraft/current-aircraft/lightning-f35b/	2
	Red Arrows \| Royal Air Forcewww.raf.mod.uk/display-teams/red-arrows/	2
	Battle of Britain Memorial Flight \| Royal Air Forcewww.raf.mod.uk/display-teams/battle-of-britain-memorial-flight/	2
	Royal Air Force Air Cadets \| Royal Air Force Air Cadetswww.raf.mod.uk/aircadets/	1

Ensure form controls have labels

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Where this issue has occurred