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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

February 2026

January 2026

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	Title / URL	Issues
	Samaritans News \| Samaritans Press Releases \| News from Samaritans Charitywww.samaritans.org/ireland/news/	3
	Volunteer for Samaritans \| Support us \| Samaritanswww.samaritans.org/ireland/support-us/volunteer/	3
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.samaritans.org/ireland/?currency=EUR	3
	Find a charity fundraising event \| Samaritanswww.samaritans.org/ireland/support-us/events-and-fundraising/	3
	Leave a gift in your will \| Support us \| Samaritanswww.samaritans.org/ireland/support-us/leave-gift-your-will/	3
	If you're having a difficult time \| Samaritanswww.samaritans.org/ireland/how-we-can-help/if-youre-having-difficult-time/	3
	How Samaritans helps in schoolswww.samaritans.org/ireland/how-we-can-help/schools/	3
	Contact Us \| Samaritanswww.samaritans.org/ireland/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/	3
	What we do \| Samaritanswww.samaritans.org/ireland/about-samaritans/our-organisation/what-we-do/	3
	Page not found \| Samaritanswww.samaritans.org/ireland/invented-url-for-404-page/	3

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

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