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I doubt the difference is much noticed in some quarters. I'm not a fan of the term Anglo-Saxon. I do have some Anglo-Saxon ancestry way back but some of my ancestors are from places they never reached.

In Australia they use Anglo-Celtic, which is slightly better.

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Not heard that, but Anglo-Celtic is slightly better if you mean British but not just English, but why not say British then.

Only English people have Anglo-Saxon ancestor (but other ancestry too), so what that really means in English ancestry/ethnically English. Americans will say they are Scottish or Irish or whatever, so why not just say they are (ethnically) English?

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